At the National Assembly Complex yesterday, November 24,
2015, Senate President, Bukola Saraki was joined by other senators to launch
the 'Speak to Senate President suggestion boxes'. The boxes will help staff and
members of the public to send their suggestions directly to the Senate President.
Below the cut is an official speech by Senate President at the
launching of the 'Senate President’s Suggestion Box.'
REMARK BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE H.E. SENATOR BUKOLA
SARAKI ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCHING OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT’S SUGGESTION
BOX TODAY, TUESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2015
PROTOCOL,
1. Today, the 8th Senate marks another watershed moment in
our vision to take lawmaking back to the people with the symbolic launching of
the Senate President’s Suggestion Box. Many may ask what we seek to achieve with
this launch and wonder the correlation between the suggestion box and making
laws. For the 8th Assembly, this event ticks all the boxes in terms of our
vision which is to ensure that laws we make impact on our peoples’ lives.
2. Again, we promised the Nigerian people that this
8thSenate will be different. That we will do things differently. Some thought
we were playing rhetoric but our footprints are everywhere clearly showing we
mean what we are saying. We have adopted our legislative agenda, we are
retooling our policy formulation process through closer engagement with key
government agents, meeting with industry leaders,using courtesy call
opportunities, to help us fully understand the state of things as we put
together legislative interventions to help deal with the problems.
3. This Senate promised that we will be open to all
Nigerians and engage them more robustly as we deliver laws with far reaching
impact on their lives.For us this means having a strong feedback mechanism that
is non-discriminatory, direct, open, uninhibited and continuous is equally as
important.
4. With this launch today, we are saying that we are ready
to hear and listen to all Nigerians of goodwill. With the Suggestion Box, which
is both physical and virtual, we are saying we are interested in your opinion
irrespective of your background, political orientation, social status, gender,
religious or ethnic orientation. Be sure that this, your suggestions, opinions
and ideas will not go unnoticed. The media is an important source of our
feedback but hearing from you directly is for us much more enriching and
unadulterated.
5. The 8th Senate is by this launch, inviting you to come
share your experience with us. Whether you are an elected member, worker,
tourists, government official, NGO, media or a co-citizen of this great country
visiting the National Assembly, we invite you to come change Nigeria with us.
6. It is my hope that as we use this suggestion boxes and
engage much more closely with you our constituents we are able to build a much
closer relationship and a much better National Assembly.
7. Ladies and Gentlemen: it is my great honor to formally
launch, the Senate President Suggestion Box for the good of our people and to
the glory of God.
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